Hugos:
File770 looks at instances of 3-in-a-row (threepeat) winners and finds that in the novel/novella categories N.K. Jemisin has pulled off a “first.”
Here’s the text of Jemisin’s acceptance speech.
The UK Guardian approves of Jemisin’s threepeat. Deeper into the essay they seem to imply that her characters aren’t rounded, and that is not correct.
Conventions:
Have I mentioned recently that I love File 770? Here, they provide a wrap-up of WorldCon 76.
August 29th, 2018. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 3 comments |
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
Laon Helstone is a British missionary to Arcadia, the recently discovered land of the fae. Laon hasn’t been heard from for a while, so his sister Catherine sets out to find him, travelling alone (but with the approval of the Catholic church) to Arcadia. When she arrives at the house where Laon has been living, she finds out that he hasn’t been seen there in quite a while, but is expected home soon.
As Catherine waits, she befriends a couple of the house’s residents and learns that the fae aren’t too interested in hearing the Gospel.
August 29th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Jeannette Ng | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire’s novella Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day (2017) is a sensitive tale of love, loss, and regret — the kind that haunts people, turns them into ghosts, makes them flee thousands of miles from their homes, makes them linger somewhere long after it’s time for them to leave.
In 1972, Jenna Pace’s older sister Patty committed suicide in New York City, far away from her family home in Mill Hollow,
August 29th, 2018. Jana Nyman, Tadiana Jones and Skye Walker´s rating: 3.5, 5 | Seanan McGuire | Short Fiction, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Gentlemen, I concur! (Forgive me for jumping into your convo)
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